USPTO Patents Application 10597635

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PCT

INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT

(PCT Article 18 and Rules 43 and 44)

Applicant's or agent's file reference
414/04391

International application No,
PCT/IL05/00138

Applicant

RE ABILITY, INC.

FOR FURTHER
ACTION

International filing date {day /month/year)
04 February 2005 (04.02.2005)

see Form PCT/ISA/220
as well as, where applicable, item 5 below.

(Earliest) Priority Date (day/month/year)
05 February 2004 (05,02.2004)

I^Z^I^rTT T P ° n Prepared by Inte ™ tionai Sirring Authority and is transmitted to the applicant

according to Amcle 18. A copy is being transmitted to the International Bureau, w»"-uu

This international search report consists of a total oY<3_ sheets

m It is also accompanied by a copy of each prior art document cited in this report.

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Basis of the Report

a. With regard to the language, the international search was carried out on the basis of:

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b.

the international application in the language in which it was filed.

a translation of the international application into f wh i c h is the language

of a translation furnished for the purposes of international search (Rules 12.3(a) and 23, 1(b))
With regard to any nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosed in the international application, see Box No. I.
Certain claims were found unsearchable (See Box No. II)

Unity of invention is lacking (See Box No, III)
With regard to the title,

^ me text is approved as submitted by the applicant,

the text has been established by this Authority to read as follows:

With regard to the abstract,

die text is approved as submitted by the applicant.

the text has been established, according to Rule 38.2(b), by this Authority as it appears in Box No. IV. The applicant
may, within one month from the date of mailing of this international search report, submit comments to this Authority.

With regard to die drawings,

a. the f igure of the drawings to be published with the abstract is Figure No. 3

as suggested by the applicant,
as selected by this Authority, because the applicant failed to suggest a figure,
as selected by this Authority, because this figure better characterizes the invention.

none of the figures is to be published with the abstract.

Form PCT/ISA/210 (first sheet) (April 2005)

INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT

International application No.
PCT/IL05/0O138

The technical features mentioned in the abstract do not include a reference sign between parentheses (PCT Rule 8.1(d)).
NEW ABSTRACT A method for gait rehabilitation, including, identifying at least one deficient gait element ; exercising the defiant
other gait element using the rehabilitation apparatus.

Form PCT/1SA/210 (continuation of first sheet(3)) (April 2005)

INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT

International application No.

A. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER
IPC(7) A61H1/00
US CL : 601/5

PCT/IL05/00138

According to International Patent C lassification (IPC) or to both national cla ssified™ and IPC
B. FIELDS SEARCHED " ~

Minl U r : d 2SlST^!«^ Classification system followed by classification symbols)

Documentation searched other than minimum documentation to the extent that such documents are included in the fields searched

Electronic data base consulted during the international search (name of data base and, where practicable, search

terms used)

C DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT

X
X

Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages

US 6,035,465 A (ROGOZINSKI) 14 March 2000 (14.03.2000), See the entire document

US 6,645, 126 Bl (MARTIN et al) 1 1 November 2003 (11,11 .2003), See the entire
document

Relevant to claim No.

1-17, 40-55

18-39

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Further documents are listed in the continuation of Box C. | | See patent family annex.

"E"

Special categories of cited documents: ~ ~~ " u t*

document defining the general state of the art which is not considered to be
of particular relevance

earlier application or patent published on or after the international ftttng date

document which may throw doubts on priority claim's) or which is cited to
establish the publication date of another citation or other special reason (as "Y*
specified)

document referring to an oral disclosure, use, exhibition or other means

document published prior to the international filing date but later than the
priority dale claimed

later document published after the international filing date or priority
date and not in conflict with the application but cited to understand the
principle or theory underlying the invention

document of particular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be
considered novel or cannot be considered to involve an inventive step
when the document is taken alone

document of particular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be
considered to involve an inventive step when the document is
combined with one or more other such documents, such combination
being obvious to a person skilled in the art

document member of the same patent family

Date of the actual completion of the international search
02 September 2005 (02.09.2005)

Name and mailing address of the lSA^US
Mail Stop PCT, Attn: ISA/US
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
Facsimile No. (571) 273-3201

Form PCT/ISA/210 (second sheet) (April 2005)

Date of mailing of the international search report

1 7 OCT 2005

i^nthorLzed officer
Michael Brown

Telephone No.